Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 72,882 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 72,882 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 72,882 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,660 ha, in 1986.
That places Egypt 32nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,863 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,264 ha | +60.6% |
| 1963 | 22,264 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 21,004 ha | -5.7% |
| 1965 | 22,684 ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 20,584 ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 20,584 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 22,264 ha | +8.2% |
| 1969 | 26,885 ha | +20.8% |
| 1970 | 21,424 ha | -20.3% |
| 1971 | 19,324 ha | -9.8% |
| 1972 | 16,383 ha | -15.2% |
| 1973 | 14,283 ha | -12.8% |
| 1974 | 14,703 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 13,443 ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 15,400 ha | +14.6% |
| 1977 | 17,112 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 13,828 ha | -19.2% |
| 1979 | 13,064 ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 11,949 ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 11,909 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 12,192 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 11,300 ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 10,100 ha | -10.6% |
| 1985 | 11,760 ha | +16.4% |
| 1986 | 9,660 ha | -17.9% |
| 1987 | 10,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 12,600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 13,468 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 12,327 ha | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 12,268 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 12,961 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 46,598 ha | +259.5% |
| 1994 | 40,721 ha | -12.6% |
| 1995 | 44,579 ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 43,589 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 42,951 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 43,609 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 59,205 ha | +35.8% |
| 2000 | 60,329 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 63,347 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 59,288 ha | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 61,868 ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 60,725 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 62,260 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 55,550 ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 65,250 ha | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 61,401 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 63,780 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 66,764 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 65,050 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 62,468 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 62,067 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 57,321 ha | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 60,107 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 64,228 ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 65,569 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 59,501 ha | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 59,944 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 66,169 ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 69,661 ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 66,232 ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 72,546 ha | +9.5% |
| 2024 | 72,882 ha | +0.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 72,882 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 1.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 72,882 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,290 ha, 31.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +259.5% | 12,961 ha | 46,598 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,377 ha | 13,863 ha | 26,885 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,896 ha | 13,064 ha | 21,424 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,544 ha | 9,660 ha | 13,468 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,881 ha | 12,268 ha | 59,205 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,380 ha | 55,550 ha | 65,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,302 ha | 57,321 ha | 66,764 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,498 ha | 66,169 ha | 72,882 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Egypt?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Egypt was 72,882 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 72,882 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,660 ha in 1986.
- How does Egypt rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 32nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.